Artist: Gene Speer | Location: West Columbia, SC
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Artist: Gene Speer | Location: West Columbia, SC
West Columbia, SC
A native of South Carolina, Gene Speer currently lives in West Columbia. While attending the University of South Carolina where he received his Master's in Art Education, his interest evolved when he was introduced to the processes of monotypes and lithographs. As master printer for the University of South Carolina Department of Arts Atelier program, editions were created with leading South Carolina artists. Canvas yielded a surface and scale that was limited by traditional printmaking methods and new paintings were inspired by a continuing series of prints created. Influenced by Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, and Clayford Still, who were leading interpreters of light and color, the paintings are closely associated with color field paintings, where color is freed from objective context and becomes the subject itself.